diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 439111e8..9b14856d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-uvloop
 httptools
-ujson
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+ujson
+uvloop
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diff --git a/sanic/request.py b/sanic/request.py
index 574d4d07..c6df56b4 100644
--- a/sanic/request.py
+++ b/sanic/request.py
@@ -1,42 +1,44 @@
-class Request:
-    __slots__ = ('protocol', 'url', 'headers', 'version', 'method', 'query_string', 'body', 'parsed_json', 'parsed_args')
-
-    def __init__(self, protocol, url, headers, version, method):
-        self.protocol = protocol
-        self.url = url
-        self.headers = headers
-        self.version = version
-        self.method = method
-
-        # Capture query string
-        query_string_position = self.url.find("?")
-        if query_string_position != -1:
-            self.query_string = self.url[query_string_position+1:]
-            self.url = self.url[:query_string_position]
-        else:
-            self.query_string = None
-
-        # Init but do not inhale
-        self.body = None
-        self.parsed_json = None
-        self.parsed_args = None
-
-    @property
-    def json(self):
-        if not self.parsed_json:
-            if not self.body:
-                raise ValueError("No body to parse")
-            self.parsed_json = json_loads(self.body)
-
-        return self.parsed_json 
-
-    @property
-    def args(self):
-        if self.parsed_args is None:
-            if self.query_string:
-                parsed_query_string = parse_qs(self.query_string).items()
-                self.parsed_args = {k:[_v.decode('utf-8') for _v in v] if len(v)>1 else v[0].decode('utf-8') for k,v in parsed_query_string}
-            else:
-                self.parsed_args = {}
-
+from urllib.parse import parse_qs
+
+class Request:
+    __slots__ = ('protocol', 'url', 'headers', 'version', 'method', 'query_string', 'body', 'parsed_json', 'parsed_args')
+
+    def __init__(self, protocol, url, headers, version, method):
+        self.protocol = protocol
+        self.url = url
+        self.headers = headers
+        self.version = version
+        self.method = method
+
+        # Capture query string
+        query_string_position = self.url.find("?")
+        if query_string_position != -1:
+            self.query_string = self.url[query_string_position+1:]
+            self.url = self.url[:query_string_position]
+        else:
+            self.query_string = None
+
+        # Init but do not inhale
+        self.body = None
+        self.parsed_json = None
+        self.parsed_args = None
+
+    @property
+    def json(self):
+        if not self.parsed_json:
+            if not self.body:
+                raise ValueError("No body to parse")
+            self.parsed_json = json_loads(self.body)
+
+        return self.parsed_json 
+
+    @property
+    def args(self):
+        if self.parsed_args is None:
+            if self.query_string:
+                parsed_query_string = parse_qs(self.query_string).items()
+                self.parsed_args = {k:[_v.decode('utf-8') for _v in v] if len(v)>1 else v[0].decode('utf-8') for k,v in parsed_query_string}
+            else:
+                self.parsed_args = {}
+
         return self.parsed_args 
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diff --git a/sanic/response.py b/sanic/response.py
index 26df2ecd..cb2ac57f 100644
--- a/sanic/response.py
+++ b/sanic/response.py
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 import ujson
+import httptools
+from ujson import loads as json_loads
+from urllib.parse import parse_qs
 
 STATUS_CODES = {
     200: 'OK',
@@ -18,7 +21,7 @@ class HTTPResponse:
     __slots__ = ('body', 'status', 'content_type')
 
     def __init__(self, body='', status=200, content_type='text/plain'):
-        self.content_type = 'text/plain'
+        self.content_type = content_type
         self.body = body
         self.status = status
 
diff --git a/sanic/server.py b/sanic/server.py
index 658cfb76..7fe302e9 100644
--- a/sanic/server.py
+++ b/sanic/server.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import httptools
 import logging
 from inspect import isawaitable
 from ujson import loads as json_loads
-from urllib.parse import parse_qs
 from traceback import format_exc
 
 import httptools
@@ -159,7 +158,6 @@ def abort(msg):
     log.info(msg, file=sys.stderr)
     sys.exit(1)
 
-
 def serve(sanic, host, port, debug=False):
     # Create Event Loop
     loop = async_loop.new_event_loop()
diff --git a/test.py b/test.py
index 0b0073bd..5816a2b4 100644
--- a/test.py
+++ b/test.py
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@ app = Sanic("test")
 async def test(request):
     return json({ "test": True })
 
-@app.route("/text")
-def test(request):
-    return text('hi')
-
 @app.route("/exception")
 def test(request):
     raise ServerError("yep")